 Tektronix, Inc. announced that its next-generation, scalable,
performance oscilloscope platform will make broad use of IBM 8HP silicon
germanium (SiGe) technology.
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Tektronix
demonstrates its commitment to help engineers around the world speed
debug and test tomorrow's designs. The 130 nanometer (nm) SiGe bipolar
complementary metal oxide semiconductor (BiCMOS) foundry technology
offers 2x performance over the previous generation, and targets delivery
of oscilloscopes with real-time bandwidth beyond 30 GHz.
In
1998, IBM became the first company to introduce silicon germanium IC
technology into mainstream manufacturing. By 2000, Tektronix announced
the delivery of the TDS7000 Series real-time oscilloscopes, the fastest
commercially available oscilloscopes at the time, powered by IBM's
flagship SiGe 5HP technology. Today, Tektronix continues to utilize
industry-leading IC technology from IBM with its fourth-generation SiGe
8HP.
SiGe semiconductors leverage highly-reliable and mature
fabrication processes associated with the 50-year-old silicon industry,
but with performance levels comparable to that of exotic materials such
as Indium Phosphide (InP) and Gallium Arsenide (GaAs).
Unlike
those alternatives, SiGe BiCMOS provides access to high-speed bipolar
transistors on the same die as standard CMOS, enabling a class of
circuitry which marries extreme performance with large-scale
integration. It is this union which has allowed Tektronix to reliably
deliver feature-rich, high-speed data acquisition systems for over a
decade.
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Tektronix, Inc. announced that its next-generation, scalable,
performance oscilloscope platform will make broad use of IBM 8HP silicon
germanium (SiGe) technology.
